Introducing the Thylacoleo!

[Jatheish 3,755]

Common Name: Thylacoleo

Species: Thylacoleo Furtimorsus 

Time: Late Pliocene - Late Pleistocene

Diet: Carnivore

Temperament: Aggressive

Wild

Thylacoleo Furtimorsus is a large, powerful marsupial that can often be found hunting around trees. Its long claws and semi-opposable digits make it an apt climber, a quality that Thylacoleo uses to its advantage while hunting. It clambers up trees and waits to ambush passing prey by pouncing upon them. When something that large jumps onto a target, it becomes stunned and doesn’t stand much chance.

Thylacoleo’s most notable fighting quality is its powerful jaws. Once it bites its prey, it locks its jaw in an iron-strength grip that can hold most smaller creatures in place. Thylacoleo then goes on to savage its prey with its sharp claws. If it needs to escape a fight, Thylacoleo uses its muscular hind legs to jump back to safety among the trees.

Domesticated

Thylacoleo is a moderately strong mount, and its ability to climb trees and jump long distances makes it useful for traversal such that developing tribes often tame it. Small raiding parties particularly favor Thylacoleo, as it is well suited to ambushes and unfair fights.
 

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[Tsundere Dragon 63]

Nice, an assassin type mount.

[Jen 1,718]

It's ability to climb trees... now that sounds like tons of fun.

[Tsundere Dragon 63]

4 minutes ago, bubblywums said:

It's ability to climb trees... now that sounds like tons of fun.

Indeed, that'd be really fun in pvp if it can be mounted while doing so.

[Gecko 16]

Nice! It reminds of an African Leopard since it can climb trees

 

[OnePotatoChip 642]

It looks like the Thylacoleo is doing unseemly things to that Saber. But oh man this thing looks like fun. I hope Raptors get similar functionality in that they can pounce and then hold. 

[J 131]

Awesome role letting it climb trees! Will you be doing the same with the Mesolithecus?

[Hope 14]

At long last, a dossier for this fella! (now the Chalicotherium just needs a dossier and all the critters announced by picture alone will have dossiers)

It's looking good!

[Solitak 32]

This animal is such a beast!

I like how Thylacoleo can climb trees and I would certainly love the mechanic being added into the game. I also like how I could compare my fan dossier to the official one and see how similar they are. This thing is definitely going to be a monster.

[sabashm 1]

Looks like a cool mount, and should fit in with my play style!

[GP 4,416]

It's cool that it can climb trees, just lets hope it doesn't gets stuck whilst doing it! I'm gonna like this creature!

[HighFlyer15 293]

Really excited about all these recent climbers AND the addition of "clamping down on a target"
Hoping to see this applied to bigger predators later in the game. My Rex feels silly biting small animals more than once when he could swing them around a bit for massive damage  

Finally, a reason to look up while walking on the ground, besides while looking for a bird early game. Very cool addition!  
It's going to change the way I play for sure. Just like when the Alien games introduced enemies with the ability to crawl on the ceiling. Upped the scary factor multiple times.
 

[ryanmc15 16]

Cant wait for this one!

[Demran 26]

Trees are evil. They pray upon innocent wanderers. (Tree Bug lately) 

Now they will be even more dangerous  But gotta love the new climb mechanics, hope it can be implemented without problems to Devs.

[Stahn 0]

This is going to be awesome in PvP Servers

[Medusa 229]

It can climb up trees? That is too neat!

Am I ever glad the devs didn't give that ability to Titanoboas. 

 

[Munkky 20]

The Dossier makes it sound like a forest version of the Megalania, but this sounds like the better option for a mount.

[Jojo 19]

One more climber, but where are the snakes?

[gepardenforelle 20]

I can imagine me dashing into a forest on one, forgetting its ability for a sec ( cause I tend to do that sadly ) and then run up a tree in high speed getting all confused.
"Why is my screen all leaves??!?! aaaaah!!!"

I am looking forward to it. (no sarcasm. i really am.)

[rubio9 5]

6 hours ago, Ij999 said:

I like it, but I'm still waiting for Basilosaurus

We all are, we all are.

[Xbone 13]

Awesome dossier guys! (Really need a chalicotherium now though,please?)

[iby102 48]

8 hours ago, HighFlyer15 said:

Really excited about all these recent climbers AND the addition of "clamping down on a target"
Hoping to see this applied to bigger predators later in the game. My Rex feels silly biting small animals more than once when he could swing them around a bit for massive damage  

Finally, a reason to look up while walking on the ground, besides while looking for a bird early game. Very cool addition!  
It's going to change the way I play for sure. Just like when the Alien games introduced enemies with the ability to crawl on the ceiling. Upped the scary factor multiple times.
 

That clamp thing could be applied very well to the Argy, allow you to either pick up a large creature with multiple Argies or hold onto something's back while you attack it  

[The TNT Tiger 1]

Maybe all these marsupials could be in a desert/savanna biome, like how normal mammals are found in the cold biome.

[Index154 28]

Nice! No saddle though again.

[GP 4,416]

2 minutes ago, Index154 said:

Nice! No saddle though again.

I think you're mistaken. It says it's a moderately strong mount. There's a picture of someone on the back of one too. I believe it will have a saddle.